Final Exam

Question 1

What is the maxi-cycle?

Answer 1

How Super describes the 5 major life stages

Question 2

What is the mini-cycle?

Answer 2

Describes the growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, & disengagement that can occur within any of the 5 stages of the maxi-cycle

Question 3

What are Super’s life stages?

Answer 3

1. Birth
2. Growth
3. Exploration
4. Establishment
5. Maintenance
6. Disengagement

Question 4

What is self-concept?

Answer 4

how individuals view themselves & their situations

Question 5

What is one of the core ideas of Super’s developmental theory?

Answer 5

Self-concept

Question 6

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is based on who’s work?

Answer 6

Carl Jung (later adapted by Katharine Briggs)

Question 7

What is the first step in Trait & Factor Theory in selecting a career?

Answer 7

Gaining a clear understanding of your aptitudes, achievements, interests, values, & personality

Question 8

What are the MBTI types?

Answer 8

Introvert/Extravert
Sensing/Intuition
Thinking/Feeling
Judgment/Perception

Question 9

What are the two most common goals of career counseling?

Answer 9

1. selection of an occupation

2. the adjustment to the occupation

Question 10

What is a trait?

Answer 10

a characteristic of an individual that can be measured through testing

Question 11

What is a factor?

Answer 11

a characteristic that is required for successful job performances

Question 12

What is trait & factor theory?

Answer 12

assessment of characteristics of the person & the job

Question 13

What did Parson’s say was the first & most crucial step towards job selection?

Answer 13

1. clear understanding of yourself
2. knowledge of the requirements of success
3. true reasoning of these two groups of facts

Question 14

What trait & factors are assessed in Step 1: Gaining Self-understanding?

Answer 14

Aptitudes
Achievement
Interests
Values
Personality

Question 15

What is an aptitude test?

Answer 15

reveals a person’s probable future level of ability to perform a task

Question 16

What is an achievement test?

Answer 16

reveals how much an individual has learned

Question 17

What does an ability test measure?

Answer 17

maximum performance & reveals the person’s present ability to perform a task

Question 18

What is achievement?

Answer 18

• broad range of events that individuals participate in & accomplish during their lifetime
• 3 types: academic accomplishment, accomplishments in work, & entry into an occupation

Question 19

Which trait/factor is considered most important in Step 1?

Answer 19

Interests!

because job entry can be predicted more accurately from them

Question 20

What is emphasized most in Krumboltz’s Happenstance theory compared to other theories?

Answer 20

Learning

Question 21

What is happenstance theory?

Answer 21

• positive & encouraging

- works to replace indecision with open-mindedness

Question 22

What are the 5 skills in happenstance theory?

Answer 22

1. curiosity
2. persistence
3. flexibility
4. optimism
5. risk taking

Question 23

What does Adams’s & Hopson model of adult transitions deal with?

Answer 23

adult career crises

Question 24

What are the seven stages of Hopson & Adams’s adult transition model?

Answer 24

1. immobilization
2. minimization
3. self-doubt
4. letting go
5. testing out
6. search for meaning
7. internalization

Question 25

What are the 4 types of transitions associated with Schlossberg’s model?

Answer 25

1. anticipated
2. unanticipated
3. chronic hassles
4. non events

Question 26

What is Krumboltz theory based off of?

Answer 26

Bandura’s social cognitive theory